Another article said that a farking task force was set up & spent 5.5 months investigating this crime against humanity, collecting & scrutinizing security videos collected from every place in the area that might have a camera & going through them frame by frame to get even the slightest clue as to the identities of these terrorists....

Of course none of the rocket surgeons on this task force bothered to, at any time during that 5.5 months, mention or fix the hole in the fence that let the 16 year old get up there last weekend. A good use of police resources this was let me tell you, a real good use.

/kudos to the jumpers, too bad our 'justice' system is more interested in charging you with a felony for embarrassing them than they are in fixing a hole in a fence

Recoil Therapy:Another article said that a farking task force was set up & spent 5.5 months investigating this crime against humanity, collecting & scrutinizing security videos collected from every place in the area that might have a camera & going through them frame by frame to get even the slightest clue as to the identities of these terrorists....

Of course none of the rocket surgeons on this task force bothered to, at any time during that 5.5 months, mention or fix the hole in the fence that let the 16 year old get up there last weekend. A good use of police resources this was let me tell you, a real good use.

/kudos to the jumpers, too bad our 'justice' system is more interested in charging you with a felony for embarrassing them than they are in fixing a hole in a fence

Two them were arrested in December 2012 before they could jump off a 33-story tower in Co-op City in the Bronx. That's probably why there were initially suspected of the WTC jump. In the 2012 case they were charged with misdemeanor trespassing, and that's what they'll wind up pleading in this one.

IMHO, the Port Authority (I'm guessing they still have jurisdiction of WTC) should have a single jump day each year, just like the New River Gorge Bridge. Possibly on a day when traffic is low due to a parade (Thanksgiving, St. Patrick's Day, etc.). That way it's in the daytime, you have medical personnel on hand, and you can make jumpers sign a waiver of liability and charge them a fee. Almost all of the problems are solved, almost everyone is happy.

I suspect the rest of the BASE-jumping community has no problem when the police come down hard on those folks, as they ruin the chances of establishing a legitimate jump day for everyone else.